Via: City News – Chiang Mai
The city came in at 21st, while Bangkok was ranked 13th in the Top 25 Cities in the World category of the Readers Choice Awards 2014.
“The culinary capital of Thailand, Chiang Mai’s laid-back vibe is a world away from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok and the crowded beach resorts of the south,” according to the award announcement. “There are several excellent cooking schools and a popular market scene whose standout is the night bazaar on Chang Klan road – the place to try khao soi, a steaming bowl of yellow curry noodles.”
Six Thai resorts appear in the Top 20 Resorts in Asia category, including the Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle Chiang Rai in second place and the Anantara Chiang Mai Resort and Spa at eighth. The Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai is in 20th place.
http://chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=4601
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Via:Huffington Post
1) Chiang Mai, Thailand ($920)
Not 1) Cuenca, Ecuador ($1,010)
Not 1)Dumaguete, Philippines ($910)
Not 1) George Town, Malaysia ($1,070)
Not 1) Granada, Nicaragua ($1,040)
Not 1) Istanbul, Turkey ($1,045)
Not 1) Nha Trang, Vietnam ($680)
Not 1) Samana, Dominican Republic ($1,155)
Note: Keyword – WELL
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Via: U.S. News & World Report
Asia:
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Estimated expat population: 20,000+
Chiang Mai has been luring expats from the West for years. The attraction is twofold–the low cost of living and housing and the weather.
The high quality health care and health-related services are other big pluses for foreign retirees in this part of the world.
The city boasts modern infrastructure and an abundance of Western amenities.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/9-top-havens-expat-retirees-142051392.html
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Photo:
TrekEarth – Amit Raj Singh
http://www.trekearth.com/members/amitrajs/
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Personal Note:
I retired nine-years ago, and have been living in Chiang Mai.
Good Gawd Almighty, I LOVE Chiang Mai!
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Via: City News – Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai police have arrested a 17-year-old novice monk accused of stealing 20,000 baht ($625USD) from a spa.
The monk – whose name is being withheld as he is under 18 – told police that he had committed several thefts, and afterwards went out to bars dressed in a wig and women’s clothes, one report said.
CityNews reported last week that the monk had walked into a spa and ordered a large amount of spa products, saying they were a present for a senior monk.
CCTV footage shows that while staff were packing the products, he walked to the counter, opened a drawer and took a bag containing the money, before leaving the premises.
Staff at the Oasis Spa on Sirimangkalajarn Road informed police from Phu Ping Palace station, and after studying CCTV footage the suspect was named as the 17-year-old novice monk, who had been arrested for robbery before. He was convicted of stealing goods from another monk in March 2013, and was released from juvenile detention in April this year.
He told police that after he was released from jail, he was secretly ordained and stayed in a temple in Pa Sang district, Lamphun. While there, he stole money totalling around 40,000 baht from the abbot on five occasions. He also stole 5,000 baht from a monk living in another temple, and 30,000 baht and a golden necklace from a woman supporting the monks. He also confessed to stealing a credit card after taking money from the spa.
http://chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=4323
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Bad lady-boy, whatcha want
Watcha want, whatcha gonna do?
When sheriff John Brown come for you
Tell me whatcha wanna do, whatcha gonna do?
Bad lady-boy, bad lady-boy whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad lady-boy, bad lady-boy whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
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Via: AviationPros.com
Bangkok Airways will turn Chiang Mai into its third airport hub and use it as a stepping stone to boost its coverage of Myanmar.
The privately owned carrier is set to launch three routes from the northern capital to link with Yangon and Mandalay in Myanmar as well as the northeastern city of Udon Thani (short trip to the ‘Friendship Bridge’ – Vientiane, Laos) in late October, according to insiders.
Services to Yangon and Mandalay will strengthen the airline’s footprint in Myanmar, tapping fast-growing traffic demand.
Bangkok Airways is already the largest provider of flights from Thailand to Myanmar, operating three routes from Bangkok to Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw with a combined 40 flights a week.
http://www.aviationpros.com/article/11457995/aviationproscom-gets-responsive-design
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I predict:
1. Bangkok Airways will expand the Chiang Mai hub to include China.
2. Air Asia will follow suit and make Chiang Mai a hub, but will include: Myanmar, China Nepal, and India.
soon
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Via: Teak Door
See more photos of Siam/Thailand, HERE:
http://teakdoor.com/famous-threads/39970-siam-thailand-bangkok-old-photo-thread.html
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See more photos of Siam/Thailand, HERE:
http://teakdoor.com/famous-threads/39970-siam-thailand-bangkok-old-photo-thread.html
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Via: Democratic Voice of Burma
Arbitrary arrests of Burmese migrant workers continue happening in Chiang Mai, with many saying that the Thai police would only release them after a “protection fee” was paid.
Chiang Mai, located in northern Thailand, has been home for many years to thousands of Burmese migrants. Since the military coup earlier this month, Thai security police have been conducting random raids around the city and detaining people without identification cards. Despite these reports, the new ruling junta has denied that any “crackdown” against undocumented migrants is taking place.
On Monday, eight Burmese migrants in Chiang Mai’s night bazaar were nabbed by plainclothes policemen. Making up a large percentage of the workforce at the popular Chiang Mai market, Burmese migrants are often subjected to arrest by the police due to irregularities in their documents or work permits.
Thein Dan, who was among those detained, said he was freed shortly after he was taken to the Central Police Station because he has been paying a daily protection fee to a man with alleged police connections who came to secure his release.
“We were taken to the police station in the old city where the man who I have been paying the ‘protection fee’ came to get me out,” Thein Dan said, adding that three more were bailed out by their employer on Tuesday.
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arbitrary – based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
‘protection fees’ – arbitrary, hmm?
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Via: City News – Chiang Mai
According to statistics published yesterday, 18th June, by the Department of Employment, the number of immigrants employed in the country total over 2.3 million people – a majority of which come from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Mexico? (See Photo).
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The number of these workers who have their nationalities validated, however, amounts only (ONLY?) to 1.8 million people.
Foreign workers currently working under the inter-nation agreements total 373,880, and illegal workers in the fishing industry who have recently been processed as legal employees total 12,624.
These statistics are only based on the time period between the middle of last year and May this year; how these statistics have been affected by the mass exodus of immigrant workers leaving the country is unknown.
Thailand has also recently come under fire yet again from international newspapers about its part in modern day slavery, particularly among the fishing industry, where thousands of illegal workers are regularly beaten, enslaved and sometimes killed. It is very difficult to gauge how this industry will be affected by the fleeing workers.
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http://www.chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=4079
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PHOTO:
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Chiang Mai, Thailand – Miquel’s ‘Real Mexican Food’
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And YES, they speak Mexican!
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I’ve had the good fortune to live in many far-away places; from Brazil to Tokyo, from London to the Middle East.
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’04 and ’05 I was working in Amman, Jordan; +ten-hour days, seven days a week, eight straight weeks, followed with twelve days off.
Anywhooo, I jus’ by chance happen to hear the Stones: “Time, time, time is on my side, yes it is”; and THEN I realized, NO it’s NOT.
So I QUIT, and ended a thirty-five year career in Construction Management.
Since August of 2005, I’ve been living in Chiang Mai (the Rose of the North), Thailand.
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My other, ‘HOME of the HEART’:
– the Pacific Northwest
Go M’s! -:)
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My FAMILY:
– I consider myself lucky in many ways, but none more so than . . .
http://jonsfamily.wordpress.com/
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a little bit of this, a lttle bit of that; a bit of …
– everything which don’t fit in the other three
living in the 'Land of Smiles' 